Deacon John Stone

From the Find A Grave page for John Stone of Watertown:

Birth: Aug. 15, 1635 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Death: Mar. 26, 1691 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

He was the first husband of Sarah Bass Stone, married about 1662. She later married Joseph Penniman, and died after 16 Sep 1739.

Children:

• 1. Sarah Stone Sawin(wife of Munning Sawin),
• 2. Joanna Stone Tainter,
• 3. John Stone Jr,
• 4. Ann Stone Capen,
• 5. Mary Stone,
• 6. Elizabeth Stone Barnard,
• 7. Samuel Stone,
• 8. Hepzibah Stone Morse,
• 9. Deborah Stone Cutter, and
• 10. Rebecca Stone Maddock.

The above information is also confirmed (on page 12) of:

• Descendants of Deacon Samuel & Ann Bass / comp. by C.T. Bass, completed by E.L. Walton.
• by Bass, Charissa Taylor, 1863-
• Publication date 1940
• Publisher Freeport, Ill. : [Wagner Print.], 1940.
• Digitizing sponsor Internet Archive
• Contributor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
• No copyright.
• Pages 470
• https://archive.org/details/descendantsofdea00bass/page/12/mode/1up

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Watertown births: John Stone sonn of Simon and Jone Stone borne the 15d — 6m 1635
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Deacon John Stone, b. Aug. 15, 1635, was the youngest son of settler Simon. He married Sarah Bass, and had ten children. (Harris' Epitaphs)
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Family links:

Parents:

• Simon Stone (1585 - 1665)
• Joan Clarke Stone (1599 - ____)

Children:

• Hepzibah Stone Morse (1677 - ____)*

Spouse:

• Sarah Bass Stone Penniman (1643 - ____)*

Inscription:

• HERE LYES THE BODY OF
• DEACON JOHN STONE WHOSe
• LIFE WAS MUCH DESIRED &*
• WHOSE DEATH IS MUCH
• LAMENTED AGED ABOUT 55
• YEARS HE WENT REIOYCING
• OUT OF THIS WORLD IN-
• TO THE OTHER THE 26 DAY
• OF MARCH 1691

Burial: Old Burying Place, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

• Plot: 18

Maintained by: Kevin Avery Originally Created by: Bill Boyington Record added: May 28, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 27161340

JOHN STONE was b. in England in Early March of 1635. He was listed as five weeks old on the passenger list of the ship INCREASE when his family signed on as passengers on 15 Apr. 1635 in London, England, the ship's port of departure. John might well have been born in his parents home town, Great Bromley, Essex, England. He died on 26 March 1691Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.[1/4:206]
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Savage noted that Bond indicated the Watertown Records gave John's birthdate as 15 Aug 1635. Another source, David Pulsifer, copied from the Boston Records the following, "John ye son of Symon & Jone (Joan) Stone borne l5 (6) l635", that is, 15 August by the dating practices of the time.[1/4:206][4][5] This is a puzzle. It was not an unknown practice for the birth dates of all children to be entered into the records of of a New England town when a family settled there, even though the children had been born previously in another location.

Simon Stone and his family might have stayed in Boston long enough for this to have happened prior to their settling in Watertown. Savage seemed to attribute this date of 15 Aug 1635 to a "blunder" on the part of the clerk who entered the information in the Watertown records. He doesn't seem to have been aware of the identical entry in the Boston records. It seems to strain the bounds of coincidence that two clerks, in two different towns would have made the same "blunder".

Yet, the passenger list of the INCREASE states unequivocably that John was 5 weeks old on 15 Apr. 1635. Even if this infant John had died and another son John was born in on 15 Aug of the same year, assuming that the age of 5 weeks was correct, there have been insufficient time for Joan Stone to have carried a child to full term between early March and the 15th of August.

Came with parents at age 5 on the ship "Increase". Was a deacon and a Selectman. (Framingham Mass. Genealogies, by J.H. Temple; published by the town of Framingham, 1887)

From Bond's History of Watertown: Was selectman 1674,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,90, and was town clerk 1687 and 1690. He was released from training 1-9-1687, then aged 52.

Grave marker of John Stone in Old Burying Ground, Arlington Street,inscribed, 'Here lyes the body of Deacon John Stone, whose life was much desired & whose death is much lamented aged about 55 years. He went rejoycing out of this world and in to the other the 26 day of March 1691.' http://www.watertownlib.org/Photos/toc-graves01.html

Birth: Aug. 15, 1635 Watertown Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA Death: Mar. 26, 1691 Watertown Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA

He was the first husband of Sarah Bass Stone, married about 1662. She later married Joseph Penniman, and died after 16 Sep 1739.

Children: Sarah Stone Sawin(wife of Munning Sawin), Joanna Stone Tainter, John Stone Jr, Ann Stone Capen, Mary Stone, Elizabeth Stone Barnard, Samuel Stone, Hepzibah Stone Morse, Deborah Stone Cutter, and Rebecca Stone Maddock.

Watertown births: John Stone sonn of Simon and Jone Stone borne the 15d — 6m 1635

Deacon John Stone, b. Aug. 15, 1635, was the youngest son of settler Simon. He married Sarah Bass, and had ten children. (Harris' Epitaphs)

Family links:

Parents:

 Simon Stone (1585 - 1665)

 Joan Clarke Stone (1599 - ____)

Children:

 Hepzibah Stone Morse (1677 - ____)*

Spouse:

 Sarah Bass Stone Penniman (1643 - ____)* 

Inscription: HERE LYES THE BODY OF DEACON JOHN STONE WHOSe LIFE WAS MUCH DESIRED & WHOSE DEATH IS MUCH LAMENTED AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS HE WENT REIOYCING OUT OF THIS WORLD IN- TO THE OTHER THE 26 DAY OF MARCH 1691

Burial: Old Burying Place Watertown Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA Plot: 18

Source: FAG https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27161340/john-stone

Came with parents at the age of 5 in some accounts from England at the age of 5 weeks. Were in Groton and Concord. had 10 children with Sarah Nutting.

He was the first husband of Sarah Bass Stone, married about 1662. She later married Joseph Penniman, and died after 16 Sep 1739.

Children: Sarah Stone Sawin(wife of Munning Sawin), Joanna Stone Tainter, John Stone Jr, Ann Stone Capen, Mary Stone, Elizabeth Stone Barnard, Samuel Stone, Hepzibah Stone Morse, Deborah Stone Cutter, and Rebecca Stone Spear. ________________________________

Watertown births: John Stone sonn of Simon and Jone Stone borne the 15d — 6m 1635 ________________________________

Deacon John Stone, b. Aug. 15, 1635, was the youngest son of settler Simon. He married Sarah Bass, and had ten children. (Harris' Epitaphs) ________________________________ Inscription: HERE LYES THE BODY OF DEACON JOHN STONE WHOSe LIFE WAS MUCH DESIRED & WHOSE DEATH IS MUCH LAMENTED AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS HE WENT REIOYCING OUT OF THIS WORLD IN- TO THE OTHER THE 26 DAY OF MARCH 1691

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 8 2017, 21:52:55 UTC

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27161340/john-stone

From Find a Grave:

He was the first husband of Sarah Bass Stone, married about 1662. She later married Joseph Penniman, and died after 16 Sep 1739.

Children: Sarah Stone Sawin(wife of Munning Sawin), Joanna Stone Tainter, John Stone Jr, Ann Stone Capen, Mary Stone, Elizabeth Stone Barnard, Samuel Stone, Hepzibah Stone Morse, Deborah Stone Cutter, and Rebecca Stone Spear. ________________________________

Watertown births: John Stone sonn of Simon and Jone Stone borne the 15d — 6m 1635

From Simon Stone Genealogy...... Born in England, About 13 March 1635 When 5 weeks of age embarked with his parents at London 15 April 1635, according to the passenger list of the ship "Increase" as previously related. On 15 August 1635 his birth was recorded at Watertown, apparently when he was 5 months old ______________________________

Deacon John Stone, b. Aug. 15, 1635, was the youngest son of settler Simon. He married Sarah Bass, and had ten children. (Harris' Epitaphs) ________________________________

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